insensibility
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Insensibility \In*sen`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
insensibilit['e].]
[1913 Webster]
1. The state or quality of being insensible; lack of
sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the
insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.
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2. Lack of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or
passion; dullness; stupidity.
Syn: Dullness; numbness; unfeelingness; stupidity; torpor;
apathy; impassiveness; indifference.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "insensibility":
abstraction, abulia, alienation, anxiety, anxiety equivalent,
anxiety state, apathy, blindness, casualness, catatonic stupor,
compulsion, crudity of intellect, deafness, dejection, depression,
detachment, dim-sightedness, elation, emotionalism, euphoria,
folie du doute, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, impassivity,
imperceptiveness, impercipience, imprudence, inanimateness,
inanimation, incognizance, incomprehension, indifference,
indiscreetness, indiscretion, indiscriminateness, indiscrimination,
inertness, insensibleness, insensitivity, insentience,
lack of feeling, lack of refinement, lethargy, lifelessness, mania,
melancholia, mental distress, mindlessness, nearsightedness,
nonrealization, nonrecognition, nonunderstanding, oblivion,
obliviousness, obsession, pathological indecisiveness, phlegm,
preoccupation, promiscuity, promiscuousness, psychalgia,
psychomotor disturbance, purblindness, senselessness,
shortsightedness, stoicism, stolidity, stupor, syncretism,
tactlessness, tic, twitching, unapprehendingness, unawareness,
unconsciousness, uncriticalness, undiscerningness,
undiscriminatingness, undiscriminativeness, unfastidiousness,
unfeelingness, unmeticulousness, unmindfulness, unparticularness,
unperceptiveness, unpreciseness, unresponsiveness, unselectiveness,
untactfulness, unwittingness, withdrawal
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